February 4, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tunisia: Politics: State Government: Medical Records: Wisconsin Radio Network: Doyle announces multimillion dollar health initiative
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February 4, 2005: Headlines: COS - Tunisia: Politics: State Government: Medical Records: Wisconsin Radio Network: Doyle announces multimillion dollar health initiative
Doyle announces multimillion dollar health initiative
Doyle announces multimillion dollar health initiative
Doyle announces multimillion dollar health initiative
by Jackie Johnson
doyle.jpgJust days before his budget address, Governor Doyle Announces a multi-million dollar health care proposal. Ten million dollars. That's what Governor Jim Doyle wants to spend for electronic medical record systems, which he says will reduce medical errors, improve patient safety and decrease health care costs. "A new health care quality and patient safety board will develop a plan to automate all health care information systems in a manner in which they all talk to each other in Wisconsin by the year 2010."
This new technology can alert doctors to certain red flags, like allergies. And Doyle says, it can help the doctor know what tests to run based on patient's history. "A doctor will be able to instantly access the patient's history, including allergies, medications, previous test results, x-rays, CAT scans, and other important pieces of information."
The governor says standardized communication between health care facilities is critical, especially if someone is taken to an emergency room in another part of the state. As an added bonus, Doyle says the doctors will be forced to type their prescriptions ... making them legible to pharmacists. Wisconsin spends about $6 billion a year on the unneeded treatment of patients. Up to 98,000 people in the US die every year from medical errors.
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Story Source: Wisconsin Radio Network
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